novelzi Chapter 256 ~Intermission~ Kind Daughter and Ruthless Mother.
Chapter 256 ~Intermission~ Kind Daughter and Ruthless Mother.
55 years ago. . .
In the middle of the Su Clan settlement stood a little girl with big brown eyes and a bright smile full of pearly white teeth, looking amazed.
That was five-year-old Mu Lingxi, a happy kid with a simple goal.
She stood there, gazing up at the massive statue of her idol──Fairy Su Meirong.
"She looks so powerful..."
That was all she could say as she shrieked inwardly.
All the other children around were also fixated on Su Meirong's statue.
"Wow, the statue looks so cool!"
"Wait... I always forget, why doesn't she have a face?"
"Well, it's simple. They say her heavenly beauty can't be captured by any artists."
"Oooo, I heard that! They said many tried to paint, sculpt or even mold her face, and each time their work felt inadequate so they gave up on replicating her beauty with their imperfect hands!"
The statue was this huge thing smack right in the middle of the Su clan settlement. Anyone wanting to switch roads had to pass by it and pay respects to Su Meirong before moving on.
The statue nailed her body proportions, and thanks to Grandmaster Lin Feng's orders, her backside was accentuated and detailed to the max. Lin Feng thought the whole sexualizing the statue idea was dumb, given it was supposed to represent her strength as a woman, but he did it anyway, fearing Su Meirong's wrath if he didn't.
"The world needs to know this sect grandmother's got a big behind. At my age, I can't let these assets go to waste. I should flaunt 'em while I still can!"
Those were her exact words.
When Lin Feng dared question her, she shut him up with a glare, and that was that.
"Woooooowww~"
Little Mu Lingxi couldn't help but be amazed by the statue. It seemed like every time she thought she'd seen it all, some new detail would catch her eye. She'd heard countless tales about Su Meirong from the elders and her senior sect siblings who taught young cultivators like her.
But this was the first time she actually laid eyes on what Fairy Su Meirong looked like, even though the statue didn't have a face.
Until today, non-Su clan members weren't allowed to cross through the settlement. But with Liu Jing's ceremony happening, lots of sect members were invited, giving Mu Lingxi the chance to see it.
"I'm going to be as strong as Grandmother Su one day!"
The little girl exclaimed excitedly.
Before long, her words were met with laughter from the other kids around, and some even started pointing and making unkind remarks.
"As strong as Grandmother Su?! Bahahaha, this girl's stupid!"
"Does she think it's easy to live as long as Fairy Su Meirong or even cultivate how well she did?!"
"Look at her black and gold attire, she's probably with the Mu clan. They're always trying so hard to be better than our clan, but in the end they're just desperate losers!"
Placing a hand on Mu Lingxi's head, she seemed to be giving her daughter an affectionate pat, but in reality, she was transferring the stolen cultivation potential from the children she saw as nothing more than fodder.
"Suyin..."
A deep voice interrupted, unmistakably belonging to a man.
Both Mu Suyin and Lingxi turned to see Mu Zhihao──Mu Lingxi's father and Mu Suyin's consort.
"I've told you before, stop using our daughter for your twisted schemes!"
Mu Suyin maintained her smile, seeing her husband's words as nothing more than a dog she fed being disrespectful.
Meanwhile, Mu Lingxi was thrilled and rushed to hug her father, "Father!" she exclaimed with excitement.
However, Mu Suyin grabbed her daughter's wrist and pulled her back. "Lingxi, if you ever do something like that again, I'll discipline you properly until you end up crying like those children over there." It was a chilling threat, delivered with a neutral expression──devoid of any anger or thrill.
Mu Lingxi nodded in fear as cold sweat trickled down her neck.
Ignoring her daughter's discomfort, Mu Suyin turned to her husband. "What's talentless trash like you doing here? I explicitly said neither you nor the clan elders were allowed to be with me for this."
Mu Zhihao's expression remained empty, showing that he was accustomed to his wife's insults. It had become so routine that he no longer felt anything from her words. "If you're going to insult me again, at least spare our daughter. Let her leave while we talk," he said calmly, without any aggression, thinking logically rather than emotionally.
Mu Suyin laughed, "Trying to save face in front of your daughter? Pathetic." She released her daughter's wrist and gently patted her back, signaling that she could leave.
Confused by the situation, Mu Lingxi simply nodded and walked away to give her parents some privacy.
Once she was gone, Mu Zhihao gestured to baby Mu Lin in Mu Suyin's arms.
"Are you going to nurture this one too?"
Mu Suyin looked at the sleeping baby.
"This one's utterly useless. She doesn't have what I want. However, her cultivation potential is even higher than mine and Lingxi's combined... perhaps the greatest in the entire Lower Regions."
Even though she'd called Mu Lin useless, Mu Zhihao was relieved that her potential was that high. Only his wife and a select few others possessed the ability to gauge someone's cultivation potential.
Suyin's cultivation potential is incomprehensible. She hit 2nd Path Cultivation in just 300 years... that in its own is very unbelievable. But if my little Lin's potential surpasses hers by far, perhaps she could do it in just 100 years! That's some great news!
It seemed like a very good development in Mu Zhihao's eyes.
"Don't be so excited, husband..." Mu Suyin told him. Discover exclusive tales at empire
A small shock appeared on his face, "What?"
"This child will not get the privilege of using this cultivation potential to surpass Lingxi."
"N-, no... NO! Don't tell me you're going to──!!"
A twisted smile, like the grin of a devil, appeared on Mu Suyin's face.
"I am..."